Down 3-2 entering the bottom of the sixth, Russell Martin singled home the tying run, and the Blue Jays bullpen pitched four innings of shutout ball to help Toronto earn its fourth walk-off victory of the season and third victory in extra innings.
Martin's RBI single
BAL@TOR: Martin plates Smoak with an RBI single
Russell Martin ties the game at 3 in the bottom of the 6th inning with an RBI single that scores Justin Smoak
Coming off a start in which he took a no-hitter into the eighth inning his last time out, Marco Estrada was his sharp early but struggled in the middle innings. Jonathan Schoop recorded the Orioles' first hit with a solo home run in the fifth, before Chris Davis smacked a two-run shot in the sixth. Despite the no-decision, Estrada has gone nine straight starts without allowing more than five hits.
Orioles starter Kevin Gausman also did not factor into the decision, but he did record his sixth quality start of the season. Gausman went 6 1/3 innings and held the Blue Jays to three runs -- two earned -- despite allowing eight hits. The 25-year-old passed the 100-pitch threshold for the fifth consecutive outing, setting a new career-high.
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Schoop ruins no-hit bid: With Estrada carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning, Schoop took the right-hander's 0-2 pitch deep over the left field wall for his ninth home run of the season. Schoop's homer was the first surrendered by Estrada on an 0-2 pitch since May 23, 2014 against Miami (Giancarlo Stanton).
Schoop's solo shot
BAL@TOR: Schoop hammers a solo homer in the 5th
Jonathan Schoop gets the first hit off of Marco Estrada in the top of the 5th inning with a solo shot to left-center, cutting the gap to 2-1
Starting early: For the second consecutive evening, the Blue Jays got on the board in the bottom of the first. Starting in place of Jose Bautista, Ezequiel Carrera bunted his way aboard to lead off the inning and advanced to third on a two-base error by Gausman. Carrera was immediately brought home when Josh Donaldson punched an RBI single to right.
Donaldson's RBI single
BAL@TOR: Donaldson opens scoring with an RBI single
Josh Donaldson plates the first run of the game with an RBI single that scores Ezequiel Carrera to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead
Dhiren Mahiban is a contributor to MLB.com who covered the Orioles on Friday.
Alykhan Ravjiani is a reporter for MLB.com based in Toronto.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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